01 Record
CVE-2002-0044
GNU Enscript 1.6.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files of the Enscript user via a symlink attack on temporary files.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
GNU Enscript 1.6.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files of the Enscript user via a symlink attack on temporary files.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 28.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2002-06-25 04:00Z24 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-01-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f114f46aeadc8412e4b6d8eb42bd277c41baaf3cf858b9421d672d93fc8c607e
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.comHPSBTL0201-019http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/3818
- www.securityfocus.com3920http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3920
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2002:012http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-012.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-105http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-105
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comgnu-enscript-tmpfile-symlink(7932)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7932
- www.linux-mandrake.comMDKSA-2002:010http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-010.php3